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Are you planning on another project to fill the void left by the YC Fellowship? Especially on the "a little funding" part, and the "remote" part. I understand
by GFischer 10y ago
Are you planning on another project to fill the void left by the YC Fellowship? Especially on the "a little funding" part, and the "remote" part.
I understand you have limited resources and that YC's core is focused on fast growing companies, but some early-stage ideas/prototypes need a little help before becoming something YC would accept (and, it looks to me, the bar is higher every year).
The MOOC fills one part of the gap, but, will it enable promising students to get some sort of funding?
- sama 10y agoI think in future versions of the MOOC we will explore ways to give some funding. Though I think the answer to this is just to apply to YC. We fund lots of very, very early companies all the time.
- hashnsalt 10y agoCould you give examples of such companies that have stood out?
- sama 10y agoA recent one that is top of mind because Chad just spoke at Startup School is Rigetti Quantum Computing. He had nothing but an idea when YC funded him in Summer 2014, and now is one of the leading QC companies in the world.
- hashnsalt 10y agoI'd love to see a How to Build the Future episode about this and how Chad got his start!
- fitzwatermellow 10y agoAwesome talk, BTW!